Evaluating the Possibility of Transfusion Medicine, Through Crossmatching in Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki)

Taylor M. Gregory; Maryanna Parker; Diane Deresienski; Daniela Alarcón-Ruales; Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez; Jorge Torres; Gabriela I. Gavilanes; Gregory A Lewbart; Diego Paez-Rosas

doi:10.3389/fvets.2022.830272

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Evaluating the Possibility of Transfusion Medicine, Through Crossmatching in Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki)

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Evaluating the Possibility of Transfusion Medicine, Through Crossmatching in Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki)

Taylor M. Gregory, Maryanna Parker, Diane Deresienski, Daniela Alarcón-Ruales, Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Jorge Torres, Gabriela I. Gavilanes, Gregory A Lewbart and Diego Paez-Rosas

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol.9, pp.1-6

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.830272

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Abstract

blood

crossmatch

Galapagos archipelago

sea lion

transfusion

The Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is an endemic pinniped to the Galapagos archipelago, and like most wild mammals, is at risk for anemia due to trauma, infectious disease, and poor nutrition. This study evaluated the health status of 26 juvenile Galapagos sea lions on the island of San Cristobal prior to evaluating 100 crossmatch combinations. On evaluation, all but one sea lion had no major systemic abnormalities. Of the 100 crossmatches performed, 23% had minor reactions. The most significant reaction was weak macroscopic agglutination found in 4% of samples. The small percentage of agglutination reactions suggests a small proportion of naturally occurring alloantibodies in this species and may be consistent with a low risk of acute immune-mediated hemolytic transfusion reaction.

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Title: Evaluating the Possibility of Transfusion Medicine, Through Crossmatching in Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki)
Authors: Taylor M. Gregory (Author) - North Carolina State University
Maryanna Parker (Author) - North Carolina State University
Diane Deresienski (Author) - North Carolina State University
Daniela Alarcón-Ruales (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Jorge Torres (Author)
Gabriela I. Gavilanes (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Gregory A Lewbart (Author) - North Carolina State University
Diego Paez-Rosas (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Publication details: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol.9, pp.1-6
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.830272
ISSN: 2297-1769
Copyright note: © 2022 Gregory, Parker, Deresienski, Alarcón-Ruales, Muñoz-Pérez, Torres, Gavilanes, Lewbart and Páez-Rosas. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99633240902621
Output Type: Journal article

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